Tickell's Brown Hornbill
| Rusty-cheeked Hornbill | |
|---|---|
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| Kaeng Krachan, Thailand | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Bucerotidae |
| Genus: | Anorrhinus |
| Species: | A. tickelli |
| Binomial name | |
| Anorrhinus tickelli (Blyth, 1855) | |
| Synonyms | |
Ptilolaemus tickelli
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The Tickell's Brown Hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), also known as the Rusty-cheeked Hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests in southern Burma and adjacent western Thailand. It often includes the Austen's Brown Hornbill as a subspecies.
It is about 60–65 cm in length. It is a medium sized hornbill, darker brown above and red brown below. Male has brighter rufous-cheeks and throat. Juveniles of both sexes resemble adult males.
It inhabits the evergreen and deciduous hill forest from foothills to 1500 m.
It breeds co-cooperatively, in groups.Habitat loss to logging and agriculture known to be prevalent within its range.
The binomial commemorates the ornithologist Samuel Tickell.
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